By Ross Marowits The Canadian Press MONTREAL — Bombardier’s railway division has won a $1.7-billion order to build 660 railway cars that will secure 1,000 jobs at its Derby facility in England. Britain’s Department for Transport said the contract, awarded by government-selected railway operator Abellio, is part of a broader […]
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Heather Latter Shawna Holmlund, an Ottawa-based artist, has been conducting a weekly arts and crafts program at Rainycrest and she is looking for youngsters to help out. In fact, she had put the call out in late July for children ages five-10 to join in this past Saturday’s session. “I […]
Cameron Penney Grade 12 student Sara Jackson recently found a way to take her passion for baking and turn it into her own business. With the help of the “Summer Company” program, the Grade 12 student at Fort Frances High School has been busy all summer with her company, “Sara’s […]
Heather Latter Carl’s Eatery closed its doors at its downtown location of 325 Scott Street in June and will soon open at 862 Kings Highway, in the former Pizza Hut building. “We have done enough clean up and a colour change so that it won’t feel like Pizza Hut,” vowed […]
Duane Hicks The New Gold Rainy River Project is “very impressive,” according to Premier Kathleen Wynne. The premier, along with Minister of Northern Development and Mines Michael Gravelle, toured the site yesterday as part of her weeklong tour of Northern Ontario. “The New Gold project, it really seems to be […]
Staff The search for “Canada’s Greatest Explorer” began with 12 and now there are three—and local resident Joshua Henry is among the three finalists. The latest episode, which can be found online at WoodsExplorer.ca, challenged the four remaining adventurers to complete an orienteering race in the Rocky Mountains. “This race […]
Press Release Today youth from Grassy Narrows First Nation marched through the streets of Kenora to call for a cleanup of the English-Wabigoon river, which has been contaminated by mercury for over fifty years. Despite a recent expert report finding that the river can be safely remediated, the provincial government […]
Staff With Canada’s 150th birthday coming up next year, the Town of Fort Frances will be applying for federal dollars to do several projects. The Fort Frances Museum will apply to the Community Capital Program, a $215 million fund available for communities to renovate, repair and retrofit existing infrastructure to […]
Staff Premier Kathleen Wynne will be touring Northern Ontario starting tomorrow, and will be making stops in the Fort Frances and Emo next Tuesday. More specific information about her visit here was not available as of this morning, but Wynne is expected to visit schools, hospitals, businesses, Indigenous communities and […]
Staff The Point Park beach will remain closed over the weekend, if not longer. The Northwestern Health Unit told the Times this morning that they had received the results from the double set of samples they took on Tuesday, and the results were again very high in E.coli bacteria, which […]
Staff The Liberal Indigenous caucus is applauding the Government of Canada’s recent steps in launching the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). “Today is a historic day; it is another step towards reconciliation and ending this national tragedy,” said Indigenous Caucus chair and Thunder Bay—Rainy […]
Press Release Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh and the leadership of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty#3 acknowledges the federal government announcement yesterday of the National Inquiry for MMIWG. “Today is for the families, they have been advocates, they have searched tirelessly, and been the voice of their loved one who is missing […]
